Overdosing on Government
The distinction between what is valuable on average and what is valuable at the margin often mirrors the distinction between progressives and conservatives.
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Revenue Dept. Letters Look Like Bills, But Aren’t
Barry Smith on Notice of Intent letters from Revenue; John Fund, Bob Hall, Allison Riggs & Hans von Spakovsky debate voter I.D; Beth Wood on Medicaid mismanagement; Jonathan Butcher on education savings accounts; and Troy Kickler on black entrepreneurs…
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Reform or Go Bust: Entitlements Fuel Deficit, Debt
John Hood on entitlement reform; Terry Stoops & Bob Luebke on Milton Friedman's school choice views; John McCain, Lindsey Graham & Kelly Ayotte on defense cuts; John Staddon on the "malign hand" of markets; Rick Henderson on CJ's DNC/RNC coverage…
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Prison Term Nears End for Easley Aide Ruffin Poole
Rick Henderson on Easley aide Ruffin Poole's prison term; Andy Willis on Medicaid budget hole; Jim Trogdon on road impact of fracking; Gary Henry & Terry Stoops on teacher training; Roy Cordato on replacing income tax with consumed tax.
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What’s Behind Perdue’s Stunning Decision?
Rick Henderson on Perdue's retirement & proposed tax hike; David Schnare, John Droz & Daren Bakst on wind power; legislators on Medicaid claims system cost overruns & delay; John Mueller on John Locke & Founders; Daren Bakst on cities that break state law…
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Reform Necessary to Halt Runaway Medicaid Spending in North Carolina
RALEIGH — Medicaid spending has increased by nearly 300 percent in North Carolina in just the past two decades. Only reform will prevent Medicaid costs from eating even larger chunks of the state budget in the years ahead. A new John Locke Foundation Policy Report offers that warning.
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ObamaCare Anniversary Highlights Need for N.C. Medicaid Reform
RALEIGH — North Carolina needs relief from a year-old federal health care reform law that will strain the state's budget, divert resources to Medicaid from other critical needs, and lead to worse health care in the state. A new John Locke Foundation Spotlight report reaches those conclusions. Today marks the…
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Now Past the Denial Stage
Now that incumbents aren’t denying the existence of the hole they’ve dug, they might start by climbing out of it and not digging it deeper.
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Some Cuts Are Just Cuts
Most of the Medicaid patients who will no longer be eligible for in-home services were never at significant risk of institutionalization in the first place.
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Cures for Medicaid
Policing Medicaid fraud is a good idea. But it’s a first step, not the entire journey.